At 09:07 PM 8/15/2011, Steve Williams wrote:
>Van Cafe in Santa Cruz replaced my master brake cylinder today.  It
>was leaking at the booster.

After that, I drove to L.A. and camped in my family's driveway for a week.

Yesterday, preparing to head back up the coast, I was dismayed to
find even more brake fluid than before on the floor in front of the
driver's seat.  (I have rubber mats on the floor, so it wasn't in the
carpet.)  As before, the bottom of the steering column plastic
housing was very wet with fluid.

The brake fluid reservoir was still full, and the brakes felt fine,
so I phoned Van Cafe to let them know I was coming, then drove back
to Santa Cruz.

Before the drive, I spread paper towels on the floor.  Within a few
hours, the towels had soaked up all of the fluid, and I didn't see
any more dripping.  And there wasn't any fluid on the floor this morning.

This morning, I went over to Van Cafe.  Peter took a look and said
he's confident the fluid I saw was just spilled/leaked fluid left
over from the work that was done a week before.  He didn't see any more leaks.

Like an idiot, I forgot to ask him whether he can inspect the clutch
cylinder thoroughly without removing the instrument cluster, or
whether he had inspected the clutch cylinder last week.

I'll keep an eye on it.